Microorganisms as eye candy: A
gallery of illustrations from the marvelous Artforms in Nature,
Kunstformen der Natur 1899-1904 by Ernst Haeckel, an eminent, prolific and very controversial German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor and artist, who named thousands of new species,
mapped a genealogical
tree relating all life forms and coined many terms in biology, including phylum, phylogeny and ecology.
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posted by nickyskye
on Nov 8, 2007 -
19 comments
Ernst Haeckel: Die Radiolarien (1862) : a microscopic, single-celled organism, the
radiolarian extrudes the silica it draws from seawater to forms a
dazzling web of crystalline, concentric shells; even more
amazing, each of the 5000 known species of radiolarian forms its own unique pattern. "
Proteus" is a new documentary of a 19th century biologist/evolutionary theorist/artist's fascination with these creatures. (Oh,
Haeckel is also the guy who coined "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny". And
he lied.)
posted by of strange foe
on Aug 5, 2005 -
14 comments
